severe and enduring anorexia nervosa : clinical and neuropsychological aspectsHeba Essawy, MD
severe and enduring anorexia nervosa is a persistent dietary restriction , underweight and over evaluation-of weight , history of more than 3 years and exposure to at least two evidence based treatments delivered
Alexithymia and eating disorders : clinical and treatment implicationHeba Essawy, MD
alexithymia and emotion regulation difficulties have an impact on the course and maintenance of eating disorders
lack of insight and the externally- oriented thinking styles typical to alexithymia will interfere with treatment compliance and patients with eating disorders ability to benefit from interventions especially psychotherapy ones
always screen for alexithymia in the everyday clinical practice with psychiatric patients including those suffering from eatings
A Comprehensive Exploration of Alexithymia, Autism spectrum Disorders and Eat...Heba Essawy, MD
Alexithymia , autism and eating disorders are sophisticated conditions that have garnered significant attention in recent years
these conditions have dramatic effects on mental and emotional well-being
one of the specific psychological variables that contribute to the etiology of eating disoders and autism is emotion regulation ability
Alexithymia is sub-clinical phenomenon not identifying a personality disorder per se, but a personality trait with a dimensional nature
construct of alexithymia , difficulty in identifying feelings, difficulty differentiation between typical bodily processes ( Hunger cues exhaustions
externally oriented thinking where the clients are paying more attention to external things arond than to internal experiences
difficulty of describing emotions
Autism eating experience and sensory processing constructs , exteroception, interoceptive
Uncovering the correlation between PTSD and Eating DisordersHeba Essawy, MD
traumatic experience and PTSD and eating disorders commonly co-occur , which can complicate recovery due to how the two psychiatric disorders can fuel one another .
severe and enduring anorexia nervosa : clinical and neuropsychological aspectsHeba Essawy, MD
severe and enduring anorexia nervosa is a persistent dietary restriction , underweight and over evaluation-of weight , history of more than 3 years and exposure to at least two evidence based treatments delivered
Alexithymia and eating disorders : clinical and treatment implicationHeba Essawy, MD
alexithymia and emotion regulation difficulties have an impact on the course and maintenance of eating disorders
lack of insight and the externally- oriented thinking styles typical to alexithymia will interfere with treatment compliance and patients with eating disorders ability to benefit from interventions especially psychotherapy ones
always screen for alexithymia in the everyday clinical practice with psychiatric patients including those suffering from eatings
A Comprehensive Exploration of Alexithymia, Autism spectrum Disorders and Eat...Heba Essawy, MD
Alexithymia , autism and eating disorders are sophisticated conditions that have garnered significant attention in recent years
these conditions have dramatic effects on mental and emotional well-being
one of the specific psychological variables that contribute to the etiology of eating disoders and autism is emotion regulation ability
Alexithymia is sub-clinical phenomenon not identifying a personality disorder per se, but a personality trait with a dimensional nature
construct of alexithymia , difficulty in identifying feelings, difficulty differentiation between typical bodily processes ( Hunger cues exhaustions
externally oriented thinking where the clients are paying more attention to external things arond than to internal experiences
difficulty of describing emotions
Autism eating experience and sensory processing constructs , exteroception, interoceptive
Uncovering the correlation between PTSD and Eating DisordersHeba Essawy, MD
traumatic experience and PTSD and eating disorders commonly co-occur , which can complicate recovery due to how the two psychiatric disorders can fuel one another .
